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George Barret - Landscape with Figures in the Background

Landscape with Figures in the Background (c.1740s)

George Barret (Irish, 1767–1842)
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George Barret

George Barret Sr. RA was an Irish landscape artist best known for his oil paintings, but also sometimes produced watercolours. He left Ireland in 1762 to move to London where he soon gained recognition as a leading artist of the period. He exhibited at the Society of Artists of Great Britain and was able to gain patronage from many leading art collectors. Barrett with other leading members left the Society in 1768 to found the Royal Academy, where he continued to exhibit until 1782.

Barrett appears to have travelled extensively in England including the Lake District and the Isle of Wight, Wales, and Scotland to undertake commissions for his patrons. He suffered from asthma and this caused him to move in 1772 to Westbourne Green, at the time a country village to the west of Paddington. While he earned considerable quantities of money from his paintings, he has been described as being ‘'feckless'’ with money.

He was helped in 1782 by Edmund Burke, with whom he had become friends when Burke attended Trinity College, Dublin. On Burke's recommendation he obtained the appointment of master painter of Chelsea Hospital, a post he held until his death in 1784. At the time of his death his widow and children were left destitute, but the Royal Academy granted her a pension of thirty pounds a year.

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Morning: Landscape with Mares and Sheep

Morning: Landscape with Mares and Sheep (ca. 1775)

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An Italianate Wooded River Landscape with Figures

An Italianate Wooded River Landscape with Figures (1755)

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View in a Park

View in a Park

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The Lightning Flash, Travellers in a Thunderstorm on a Woodland Road

The Lightning Flash, Travellers in a Thunderstorm on a Woodland Road

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River Bank With High Rocks

River Bank With High Rocks

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The Acacia Tree

The Acacia Tree (Figures in a Park)

George Barret (Irish, 1767–1842)
River with Angler

River with Angler

George Barret (Irish, 1767–1842)
A wooded landscape with a lake, anglers in the foreground

A wooded landscape with a lake, anglers in the foreground

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Park Scene with Deer, Cattle, and a Group of Figures

Park Scene with Deer, Cattle, and a Group of Figures

George Barret (Irish, 1767–1842)
Landscape with Trees and Sheep (Park Landscape with Sheep).

Landscape with Trees and Sheep (Park Landscape with Sheep).

George Barret (Irish, 1767–1842)
Tree Study

Tree Study

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Landscape with Cottagers

Landscape with Cottagers (ca. 1775)

George Barret (Irish, 1767–1842)
Horses and Cattle by a River

Horses and Cattle by a River (1777)

George Barret (Irish, 1767–1842)
A Landscape with a Man Fording a Stream

A Landscape with a Man Fording a Stream (c.1740s)

George Barret (Irish, 1767–1842)
A Landscape with a Man Fishing

A Landscape with a Man Fishing (c.1740s)

George Barret (Irish, 1767–1842)
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